Faster chips are leaving programmers in their dust John Markoff

By: Publication details: Nairobi Financial Post Ltd. January 14-20 2008Description: p15, The Financial Post, January 14-20 2008Subject(s): Summary: The potential speed of chips is still climbing but the software they run is having trouble keeping up. Newer chips with multiple processors require complex software that breaks up computing chores into chunks that can be processed simultaneously. Microsoft is trying to develop parallel software to improve parallel computing capabilities.
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The potential speed of chips is still climbing but the software they run is having trouble keeping up. Newer chips with multiple processors require complex software that breaks up computing chores into chunks that can be processed simultaneously.
Microsoft is trying to develop parallel software to improve parallel computing capabilities.

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